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Alice Waters
Berkeley, California
The mother of American farm-to-table cooking, Alice Waters founded Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971 and has spent 50 years proving that ingredients are everything.
Known for: Chez Panisse restaurant and the Edible Schoolyard Project
The Art of Simple Food
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Samin Nosrat
Berkeley, California
Author of the James Beard Award-winning Salt Fat Acid Heat and host of the Netflix series of the same name. Samin studied under Alice Waters at Chez Panisse and writes about the fundamental elements of good cooking with rare clarity and war…
Known for: Salt Fat Acid Heat — book and Netflix series
Salt Fat Acid Heat
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Tieghan Gerard
Colorado / California
Creator of Half Baked Harvest — the most beautiful food blog on the internet, shot from a farmhouse in the mountains with a visual language that is entirely her own.
Known for: Half Baked Harvest blog and Super Simple cookbook
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple
Dominique Crenn
Versailles / San Francisco
The first female chef in the Americas to earn three Michelin stars, Dominique’s Atelier Crenn tells stories through food — poetic, political, and utterly original.
Known for: Atelier Crenn and being the most decorated female chef in America
Atelier Crenn: Metamorphosis of Taste
Evan Funke
Los Angeles, California
Chef-owner of Felix in Venice Beach and one of America’s most devoted students of Italian pasta — trained in Bologna, obsessed with sfogline technique, and deeply serious.
Known for: Felix restaurant and American Sfoglino
American Sfoglino
Jessica Koslow
Los Angeles, California
Founder of Sqirl in Silver Lake — the most influential restaurant of the California breakfast renaissance — and author of Everything I Want to Eat.
Known for: Sqirl’s sorrel pesto rice bowls and her extraordinary jam program
Everything I Want to Eat
Molly Baz
Los Angeles, California
Former Bon Appétit editor and author of Cook This Book — the most fun, practical, and effective contemporary cookbook about becoming a better home cook.
Known for: Cook This Book and her More is More follow-up
Cook This Book
Roxana Jullapat
Costa Rica / Los Angeles
LA pastry chef and author of Mother Grains — a landmark book about the flavors and histories of eight ancient grains that transformed American baking conversation.
Known for: Mother Grains and her work at Friends & Family bakery in LA
Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution
Suzanne Goin
Los Angeles, California
James Beard Award–winning chef-owner of Lucques and A.O.C. in LA, Suzanne is one of California cuisine’s most refined and influential voices.
Known for: Sunday Suppers at Lucques and her LA restaurant group
Sunday Suppers at Lucques